1Zvinonzi, Kana murume akaramba mukadzi wake, iye akabva kwaari, akandowanikwa nomumwe murume, ko murume ungadzokera kwaarizve here? Ko nyika yakadai haingasvibiswi kwazvo here? Asi iwe wakafeva navadikamwa vako vazhinji; zvino woda kudzokera kwandiri ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.
1They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, will he return unto her again? will not that land be greatly polluted? But thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith Jehovah.
2Ringira meso ako kuzvikomo zvisina miti, uone; pavasina kupombora newe ndapapi? Wakavagarira panzira somuArabhia parenje; wasvibisa nyika nokufeva kwako nezvakaipa zvako.
2Lift up thine eyes unto the bare heights, and see; where hast thou not been lain with? By the ways hast thou sat for them, as an Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.
3Naizvozvo wakanyimwa mvura inopfunha, nemvura yokupedzisira yakanga isipo; kunyange zvakadaro wakange une huma yechifeve, ukaramba kunyadziswa.
3Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; yet thou hast a harlot's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
4Ko haungatangi zvino uchidana kwandiri here, uchiti, baba vangu, ndimi muperekedzi wohuduku hwangu?
4Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My Father, thou art the guide of my youth?
5Ko uchagara akatsamwa nokusingaperi here? Uchagara nako kusvikira pakupedzisira here? Tarira, wakataura izvozvo ukaita zvinhu zvakaipa, ukazvipedzisa.
5Will he retain [his anger] for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and hast done evil things, and hast had thy way.
6Zvino Jehovha wakatizve kwandiri, namazuva amambo Josiya, Waona here zvakaitwa naIsiraeri pakudzokera kwavo shure? Vakakwira pagomo rimwe nerimwe rakakwirira nokupinda pasi pomuti mumwe nomumwe mutema, ndokundofevapo.
6Moreover Jehovah said unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.
7Zvino vakati vapedza kuita izvozvo zvose, ini ndakati, vachadzokera kwandiri, asi havana kudzokera; kwandiri nomunin'ina wavo, Judha, wokusatendeka, vakazviona.
7And I said after she had done all these things, She will return unto me; but she returned not: and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
8Zvino ndakaona kuti panguva yandakaramba VaIsiraeri, vokudzokera shure, ndikavapa rugwaro rwokuvaramba nemhaka yokufeva kwavo, kunyange zvakadaro munin'ina wavo, ivo vaJudha, vokusatendeka, havana kutya; asi naivo vakandofevawo.
8And I saw, when, for this very cause that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a bill of divorcement, yet treacherous Judah her sister feared not; but she also went and played the harlot.
9Zvino nokusarangarira kwavo nyika yakasvibiswa nokufeva kwavo, vakafeva namabwe namatanda.
9And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
10Kunyange zvinhu izvi zvakadaro zvose, munin'ina wavo, Judha, havana kudzokera kwandiri nomoyo wavo wose, asi nokunyengera ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.
10And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not returned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith Jehovah.
11Zvino Jehovha akati kwandiri, Isiraeri wokudzokera shure, vakaita zvakarurama kukunda Judha wokusatendeka.
11And Jehovah said unto me, Backsliding Israel hath showed herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.
12Enda unoparidza mashoko awa kurutivi rwokumusoro, uti, Dzokai, imwi Isiraeri wokudzokera shure ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; handingakutaririyi ndakatsamwa, nekuti ndine nyasha, handingarambi ndakatsamwa nokusingaperi ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.
12Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith Jehovah; I will not look in anger upon you; for I am merciful, saith Jehovah, I will not keep [anger] for ever.
13Asi muzive zvakaipa zvenyu chete, kuti makadarikira Jehovha Mwari wenyu, mukafamba-famba muchitevera vatorwa pasi pemiti yose mitema, mukasateerera inzwi rangu ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.
13Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against Jehovah thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith Jehovah.
14Zvanzi naJehovha, Dzokai imwi vana vokudzokera shure, nekuti ndiri murume wenyu; ndichakutorai, mumwe paguta rimwe, vaviri parudzi rumwe, ndichikuisai Ziyoni.
14Return, O backsliding children, saith Jehovah; for I am a husband unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:
15Ndichakupai vafudzi vanofadza moyo wangu, vachakufudzai nezivo nenjere.
15and I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
16Zvino kana mawanda nokuwedzerwa panyika pamazuva iwayo ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha havangazoti, Areka yesungano yaJehovha; havangaifungi, havangairangariri, havangaitsvaki, havangaiitizve.
16And it shall come to pass, when ye are multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith Jehovah, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of Jehovah; neither shall it come to mind; neither shall they remember it; neither shall they miss it; neither shall it be made any more.
17Panguva iyo vachatumidza Jerusaremu chigaro choushe chaJehovha; marudzi ose achaunganidzirwapo, paJerusaremu, nokuda kwezita raJehovha; havachazofambi nohukukutu bwemoyo yavo yakashata.
17At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of Jehovah; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of Jehovah, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the stubbornness of their evil heart.
18Namazuva iwayo imba yaJudha ichafamba pamwechete neimba yaIsiraeri, vachauya pamwechete vachibva kunyika yokumusoro kunyika yandakapa madzibaba enyu ive nhaka yavo.
18In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I gave for an inheritance unto your fathers.
19Asi ndakati, Ndichakuisai sei pakati pavana vangu, ndikupei nyika inofadza, nhaka yakaisvonaka yamarudzi akawanda, ndikati, Imi muchanditumidza zita rokuti, Baba vangu, hamungazotsauki pakunditevera.
19But I said, How I will put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of the nations! and I said, Ye shall call me My Father, and shall not turn away from following me.
20Zvanzi naJehovha, Zvirokwazvo, mukadzi sezvaanosiya murume wake achinyengera, saizvozvo imwi makandinyengera, imwi imba yaIsiraeri.
20Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah.
21Inzwi rinonzwika kuzvikomo zvisina miti, kuchema nokunyengetera kwavana vaIsiraeri; nekuti vakaminamisa nzira dzavo, vakakangamwa Jehovha Mwari wavo.
21A voice is heard upon the bare heights, the weeping [and] the supplications of the children of Israel; because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten Jehovah their God.
22Dzokai, imwi vana vokudzokera shure, ndichapodza kudzokera kwenyu. Tarirai, tauya kwamuri, nekuti imwi muri Jehovha Mwari wedu.
22Return, ye backsliding children, I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we are come unto thee; for thou art Jehovah our God.
23Zvirokwazvo, zvinobva kuzvikomo nemhere-mhere inobva kumakomo hazvina maturo; zvirokwazvo kuponeswa kwaIsiraeri kuri kuna Jehovha Mwari wedu.
23Truly in vain is [the help that is looked for] from the hills, the tumult on the mountains: truly in Jehovah our God is the salvation of Israel.
24Asi chinhu chinonyangadza chakaparadza basa ramadzibaba edu kubva pahuduku bwedu, makwai avo nemombe dzavo, vanakomana vavo navanasikana vavo.
24But the shameful thing hath devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
25Ngativatei pasi nokunyadziswa kwedu, kunyara kwedu ngakutifukidze; nekuti takatadzira Jehovha Mwari wedu, isu namadzibaba edu, kubva pahuduku bwedu kusvikira pazuva ranhasi; hatina kuteerera inzwi raJehovha Mwari wedu.
25Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us; for we have sinned against Jehovah our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day; and we have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah our God.